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Militants among 700 escaped inmates still at large: prisons chief

Staff Correspondent: More than 700 inmates who broke out of jail during last year’s July Uprising remain at large, according to Bangladesh’s prisons chief. About 2,200 inmates fled during the

Army to be part of 3-tier security arrangement at DUCSU polls

Staff Correspondent: Dhaka University has announced a three-tier security plan for next month’s DUCSU election, with the Army on standby to secure polling centres. In a statement on Tuesday, the

Cox’s Bazar Rohingya conference ends

TDS Desk: A three-day stakeholders’ dialogue on the Rohingya crisis concluded in Cox’s Bazar with a call for uninterrupted funding to prevent further humanitarian disaster until the voluntary, safe, dignified

Ghorashal Thermal Power Plant shut down for 2.5 months

TDS Desk: Power generation at the 1,105-megawatt (MW) Ghorashal Thermal Power Plant in Narsingdi has remained suspended for around two and a half months due to multiple factors, including an

Friend Tanvir Rahi exposes ‘dangerous’ Tawhid Afridi’s misdeeds after arrest

TDS Desk: After the arrest of popular content creator Tawhid Afridi, his close associate and fellow creator Tanvir Rahi has publicly revealed details of Afridi’s alleged misdeeds. Once widely known

Students block Shahbagh demanding ban on diploma engineers using ‘engineer’ title

Staff Correspondent: Students from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) and several private engineering universities blocked the Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka on Tuesday (August 26) over three demands, including